In the federal appeals court ruling that turned about to be the death knell of the city’s case, Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook did not mince his words in talking about the cavalier disregard that Chicago Police officers exhibited for Eilman’s safety before her release. “She was lost, unable to appreciate her danger and dressed in a manner to attract attention,” Easterbrook wrote last spring. “She is white and well-off while the local population is predominantly black and not affluent, causing her to stand out as a person unfamiliar with the environment and, thus, a potential target for crime.”
Now if her parents had not been well off and not able to afford to raise a stink would we have heard about this? Of course there are no pictures at the Sun-Times. The British press has to take care of that.
“She is white and well-off while the local population is predominantly black and not affluent, causing her to stand out as a person unfamiliar with the environment and, thus, a potential target for crime.”
I believe this should apply to anyone who is a victim of crime after attending any event at the Prudential Center in Newark NJ; burying crime stats to draw unsuspecting victims into this little Zimbabwe is irresponsible and reckless. Living along the frontier of the Newark Wildlife Preserve, we know better; wealthier people living further out west believe the nonsense spouted about “Newark coming back” (and pay for it).